1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A colour photograph of the Colonel in Chief, the Duke of Edinburgh, with about half of the Officers (the remainder were absent on Operations) at St. Angelo Camp in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland, on 11th February 1991 - 3 copies

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A colour photograph of the Officers of the Regiment with the Colonel in Chief, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, at The Redcoats in the Wardrobe Regimental Museum on the occasion of the final parade of the Regiment at Salisbury on 25th March 1994

1st Bn, Wiltshire Regiment - A colour photo of Sir Richard Luce, who had served in the Battalion as a second lieutenant in Cyrpus in the mid 1950s, with Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Duke of Edinburg's Royal Regiment, at the Annual General Meeting of the Friends of the Redcoats in the Wardrobe, the Regimental Museum, outside the Museum in the Close of Salisbury Cathedral in 1991

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A colour photo of some of the officers who attended the dinner at HMS Vernon given by the Officers of the latter to the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, including Major General Derek Crabtree, the Colonel of the Regiment, on Thursday, 30th January 1986 Photographer; Photographic Section, HMS Vernon

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A colour photo of some of the officers who attended the dinner at HMS Vernon given by the Officers of the latter to the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment, including Major General Derek Crabtree, the Colonel of the Regiment, on Thursday, 30th January 1986, with some of their hosts Photographer; Photographic Section, HMS Vernon

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo of Lieutenant Colonel W A Mackereth handing over at Osnabruck, in Germany, to Lieutenant Colonel C J Marchant Smith of the Green Howards who were relieving the Battalion in 1983 Photographer; Public Relations, 1st Armoured Division, BFPO 32

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing the Duke of Edinburgh visiting the Battalion and walking with Lieutenant Colonel Stone, the Commanding Officer, and Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing the Duke of Edinburgh visiting the Battalion and walking with Lieutenant Colonel Stone, the Commanding Officer, and Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing the Duke of Edinburgh visiting the Battalion and walking with Lieutenant Colonel Stone, the Commanding Officer, and Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment, in civilian clothes, visiting the Battalion with the Commanding Officer, Lieutenant Colonel Stone

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment, in civilian clothes, visiting the Battalion

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment, in civilian clothes, visiting the Battalion

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo taken during Operation Banner, a short tour the Battalion undertook in County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland between December 1990 and May 1991 when they were officially stationed at Catterick, showing Brigadier Mackereth, the Colonel of the Regiment, in civilian clothes, visiting the Battalion

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A black and white photo of the Colonel-in-Chief, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, laughing at something not in the picture, along with Major Wakelin, Lieutenant Colonel Mackereth, Major Parslen and Brigadier Roden, the Colonel of the Regiment, during a visit to the Battalion at Osnabruck in 1981 Photographer; Public Relations Photo Section, HQ BAOR

1st Bn, Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment - A colour photo of the Colonel-in-Chief, HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, arriving at Brock Barracks, Reading, in Berkshire, on the 4th December 1993 accompanied by the Colonel of the Regiment, Brigadier W A Mackereth, and the Battalion Second-in-Command, Major Simon G Cook

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...1916 the 1st Royal Berkshire war diary entry reads:

Quiet night. About 12 noon three enemy shells (4.2 How) burst in the Old British Line on right of RUE DE CAILLOUX, uncomfortably close to a working party of ours, but no casualties occurred. Orchard Trench was again shelled between 10 am and 12 noon. Opposite...